Inside the Role
About the Role
As a Sr. UX/UI Product Designer in our Design Center, you’ll lead on real production vehicles and next-generation HMI concepts from day one; contributing to in-cabin digital experiences across Freightliner, Western Star, and our global brands. You’ll own significant product areas, set the quality bar for the team, and bring a strong point of view to HMI design decisions that impact millions of professional drivers worldwide.
This is a high-impact role for a Sr. Designer who can still execute at the highest level while shaping direction, mentoring junior talent, and driving alignment across a global team. A career-defining opportunity for a hungry designer ready to push the boundaries of UI craft and help shape the future of mobility.
Posting Information
We provide a scheduled posting end date to assist our candidates with their application planning. While this date reflects our latest plans, it is subject to change, and postings may be extended or removed earlier than expected.
We Take Care of Our Team
Position offers a starting salary range of $117,000 – $150,000 USD
Pay offered dependent on knowledge, skills, andexperience.
Benefits include annual bonus program; 401kcompany contribution with company match up to6% as well as non-elective company contribution of3 - 7% depending on age;starting at 4 weeks paidvacation; 13+ calendar holidays; 8 weeks paidparental leave; employee assistance program;comprehensive healthcare plans and wellnessprograms; onsite fitness (at some locations); tuitionassistance and volunteer paid time off; short-termand long-term disability plans.
What You Drive at DTNADesign & Craft
- Lead the design high-quality in-vehicle UIs: typography, color, iconography, layout, and motion across global brands.
- Deliver pixel-perfect, implementation-ready specs, assets, and reusable components for our global design system as well as set standards.
- Build high-fidelity prototypes to communicate visual, motion, and interaction intent.
- Craft glance-based interfaces that balance driver safety, brand expression, and system complexity at scale.
- Raise the bar for design quality and consistency across work streams, sharing best practices and guiding the broader team.
Strategy & Thinking
- Translate product requirements, user needs, and brand intent into cohesive UX/UI solutions.
- Proactively identify design gaps, experience inconsistencies, and opportunities across the in-vehicle ecosystem.
- Bring a clear point of view to cross-functional conversations; advocating for the driver experience with confidence and evidence.
- Partner with human factors and research teams to test concepts with drivers, evaluate usability, and refine designs based on findings.
- Synthesize research insights, technical constraints, and domain knowledge into design decisions that hold up under scrutiny.
Collaboration & Impact
- Lead cross-functionally with engineering, product strategy, and truck technology across a global team.
- Communicate design rationale with clarity and conviction; present work to senior stakeholders and iterate with purpose.
- Own complex workstreams end-to-end, from ambiguous brief to production handoff, with a high degree of autonomy.
- Mentor and support junior and mid-level designers; elevating craft, providing structured feedback, and helping grow the team.
Knowledge You Should Bring (Minimum Requirements)Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in UX, Interaction Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, or related field.
- 7+ years of UX/UI or product design experience with a track record of owning and shipping complex digital products
- Proven hands-on experience designing automotive HMI and in-vehicle digital systems including cluster, infotainment, and HUD.
- An attached resume is required
- Required: Portfolio demonstrating strong visual design, interaction design, and problem-solving, with clear ownership of work. Applications without an included portfolio will not be considered
Skills
- Strong visual design fundamentals: typography, color, layout, and motion.
- Expert-level proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
- Proficiency in 3D modeling and rendering for UI concept visualization.
- Ability to prototype at multiple levels of fidelity and communicate complex interaction decisions to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Deep systems thinking: designing coherently across features, states, flows, and brands at scale.
- Proven ability to mentor designers and elevate team craft through feedback, documentation, and example.
- Proactive, autonomous, and execution-driven with uncompromising passion for craft and quality that raises the bar for everyone around you.
Exceptional Candidates Might Have (Preferred qualifications)
- Familiarity with automotive HMI/prototyping tools (Kanzi, Qt, Unreal Engine, ProtoPie, Rive, etc.)
- Experience working with systems engineering teams to translate system requirements and constraints into user-centered design solutions.
- Familiar with in-vehicle physical components and other interaction modalities.
- Exposure to AR/VR spatial interfaces.
- Experience using AI in design workflows.
- Basic proficiency with AI-enabled workplace tools and technologies.
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Where We Work
This position is open to applicants who can work in (or relocate to) the following location(s)-
Portland, OR US. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
Schedule Type:
Hybrid (4 days per week in-office / 1 day remote). This schedule builds our #OneTeamBestTeam culture, provides an unparalleled customer experience, and creates innovative solutions through in-person collaboration.
